My current relationship, well here we go. I guess I should start by saying I am engaged. Have been for only a few months now. We have been together for roughly 5 ish years now. It has been interesting, has had its ups and its downs. Here I guess is how we got here....
I was the captain of a co-ed hockey team. Also on that team was my girlfriend of 9 years. One season we really needed females so we asked another woman on the team if she could bring a friend or two. She brought a shy female defense woman. She played a couple seasons with us. During that time my personal life changed. We broke up. I moved in with a mutual friend and life carried on. I had a strong love affair with a few whiskeys bottles for a bit, but I was encouraged to ask the new girl out. Eventually I did. Our first date I brought her back to the house and of course my friends were phoning my ex. And her mother called her later that night worried as to were she was since dinner doesn't usually go from 6 till whenever. It was fun. It went on for oh a month or two. Then her family objected. I was too old (7 Year difference) and was gonna want to start pumping out babies soon. BOY do they not know me. 9 years with someone and no kids I don't think after 2 months I am gonna want them.... Anyways it was over, she couldn't see me. So me and whiskey bottles reignited our love affair.
I am persistent. I spent my summer in a certain lounge and around campfires. On top of that I sent a lot of texts! We had a few meals but no real "dates" for months. Then I think it was Halloween when she cracked. In a cute little Red Riding Hood costume she came and picked me and some friends up from a bowling alley. And she stayed the night. After that she kinda became a fixture with me. It was a great time, my roommates had moved out, the one who owned the house had just me living there, so we could play house on weekends. This went on for 6 months. But of course things change.
The woman who owned the house I was living in is one of my oldest and best friends. She was living in LA and going to school. In June she asked me to come down and drive back with her. Well my lady wasn't overly fond of the idea of me spending a week away with another woman but it happened. Our life style changed of course over that summer. The truth was my lady wasn't really aware how much I like to be around people and sometimes carry on. She became aware I can drink when I put my mind to it. We started to have our first few little fights no big deal. Also we went on our first trip to Victoria. It was a great time and after summer things returned to the way they had been. Or mostly, I got another roommate but he rented the basement and I barely saw him.
This probably went on for a year / year and a half. We went to Mexico for a friends wedding, that was our second trip. While the wedding was great, it wasn't the best trip ever. At home I got to be really good friends with the man in the basement and slowly the rental house filled up again. Four of us living there really changed the dynamic. So in my early 30s after being together for 2 years we got a house.
That's kinda were we are now. It has been over 2 years in this house. We got a dog, he is a little shit head but he is also my little buddy! We went to Disney, I love that place. So much we are going back again. I did pop the question and ya that's were we are now.
I will be honest, it isn't always smooth sailing, we are opposites in many ways. I enjoy new things, taking risks, adventures. She likes her known "safe" things. To me I love noise, crowds, people and "carrying on". (I think that is the phrase old people use) She is a quiet one. But it works, we are both different and better people. To be honest she has made me slightly more responsible. And I would say I have made her try new things. She is a good person, kind and carrying and I love her.
I was the captain of a co-ed hockey team. Also on that team was my girlfriend of 9 years. One season we really needed females so we asked another woman on the team if she could bring a friend or two. She brought a shy female defense woman. She played a couple seasons with us. During that time my personal life changed. We broke up. I moved in with a mutual friend and life carried on. I had a strong love affair with a few whiskeys bottles for a bit, but I was encouraged to ask the new girl out. Eventually I did. Our first date I brought her back to the house and of course my friends were phoning my ex. And her mother called her later that night worried as to were she was since dinner doesn't usually go from 6 till whenever. It was fun. It went on for oh a month or two. Then her family objected. I was too old (7 Year difference) and was gonna want to start pumping out babies soon. BOY do they not know me. 9 years with someone and no kids I don't think after 2 months I am gonna want them.... Anyways it was over, she couldn't see me. So me and whiskey bottles reignited our love affair.
I am persistent. I spent my summer in a certain lounge and around campfires. On top of that I sent a lot of texts! We had a few meals but no real "dates" for months. Then I think it was Halloween when she cracked. In a cute little Red Riding Hood costume she came and picked me and some friends up from a bowling alley. And she stayed the night. After that she kinda became a fixture with me. It was a great time, my roommates had moved out, the one who owned the house had just me living there, so we could play house on weekends. This went on for 6 months. But of course things change.
The woman who owned the house I was living in is one of my oldest and best friends. She was living in LA and going to school. In June she asked me to come down and drive back with her. Well my lady wasn't overly fond of the idea of me spending a week away with another woman but it happened. Our life style changed of course over that summer. The truth was my lady wasn't really aware how much I like to be around people and sometimes carry on. She became aware I can drink when I put my mind to it. We started to have our first few little fights no big deal. Also we went on our first trip to Victoria. It was a great time and after summer things returned to the way they had been. Or mostly, I got another roommate but he rented the basement and I barely saw him.
This probably went on for a year / year and a half. We went to Mexico for a friends wedding, that was our second trip. While the wedding was great, it wasn't the best trip ever. At home I got to be really good friends with the man in the basement and slowly the rental house filled up again. Four of us living there really changed the dynamic. So in my early 30s after being together for 2 years we got a house.
That's kinda were we are now. It has been over 2 years in this house. We got a dog, he is a little shit head but he is also my little buddy! We went to Disney, I love that place. So much we are going back again. I did pop the question and ya that's were we are now.
I will be honest, it isn't always smooth sailing, we are opposites in many ways. I enjoy new things, taking risks, adventures. She likes her known "safe" things. To me I love noise, crowds, people and "carrying on". (I think that is the phrase old people use) She is a quiet one. But it works, we are both different and better people. To be honest she has made me slightly more responsible. And I would say I have made her try new things. She is a good person, kind and carrying and I love her.
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